CBIG members join other notable children's book illustrators in contributing work to the American Booksellers Foundation annual auction. The private auction was held on May 26th and a recap of the evening will appear here in a future post. Meanwhile view some photos here. While many of the works sold that evening, there is a new round of work available, both prints and original art) at the public auction running from June 1-8. LINK Funds raised from the auction go to support the Kids Right to Read Program and Banned Book Week, fight against censorship by making books available to kids in schools and in bookstores. Iconic titles such as To Kill A Mockingbird and Dr. Seuss' The Lorax are among books previously unavailable to kids in many areas across the country.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Friday, March 6, 2015
DICKENS Travels, Poe Park Events Wrap-up
We took a selection of work from the original bicentennial show, Dickens, A Celebration In Pictures to Poe Park Visitor Center Gallery. It was a great success. There were tourists from europe, including a college from the U.K., and several elementary school visits. Channel 12 news covered the exhibit too. Here's a look at some of the family events and school visits. Note: all artwork copywrite individual artists.
the puppet on the left sports a beard!
T. T. Tyler reads from a picture book biography of Dickens and helps them with their craft project.
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| artwork: Leeza Hernandez and Diana Ting Delosh |
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| art: Hernandez, DT Delosh, Lisa Cinelli |
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| art: Peggy Dressel |
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| art: Dickens ms courtesy Morgan Library & Museum, Clare Pernice |
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| art: Donna Miskend |
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| art: Vicky Rubin, Marilyn Papas |
H.S. students learn about Dickens' illustrators with curator Donna Miskend. Some of the students and their teacher draw Scrooge and the Artful Dodger.
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| copywrite Ray Felix of Bronx Heroes Comic Con |
A conversation about Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe with Michael Patrick Hearn, children's literary historian and author of the Annotated Christmas Carol and forthcoming Annotated Edgar Allan Poe.
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| artwork: Sara Kahn |
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| Klio, Donna Miskend, Lucy Aponte, Michael Patrick Hearn
An audience of kids enjoyed a talk with artists: Peggy Dressel, Clare Pernice, Roberta Rivera, guest Carol Burrell (aka Klio) and curator/artist Donna Miskend. Peggy mentioned using her nephew as a model and photographing him from above for her painting of Oliver asking for more food. Clare spoke about how she arranges her colors for inspiration, blues together, etc. Roberta said never give up your dream if you want to be an artist. Klio showed her travel water chamber paintbrush and sketchbook and said draw, draw, draw! Donna mentioned that although she painted Marley's ghost, she likes to paint animals and nature. One of the children said he likes to draw dogs and showed the artists his drawing of a dog he drew and the beginning of a story to go with it. Clearly we had a future picture book author/illustrator in the audience. We talked about illustrating Dickens' work, and about being an artist. A great end to a wonderful exhibit. Thank you to Poe Park Visitor Center for hosting us.
CBIG artists return to Poe Park Visitor Center Gallery along with other artists for Master Storytellers, classic authors' literary work depicted in illustrations for children and teens. Hans Christian Anderson, Edgar Allan Poe and more, curated by Donna Miskend. On view April 1 through May 30, 2015. Check back here for more details soon.
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Sunday, August 19, 2012
SCHEDULE DICKENS EVENT DAYS: SEPT. 13 & OCT. 13, Special Event Oct. 23
as part of the exhibition
UPDATED GALLERY HOURS as of 10/9: Due to circumstances beyond our control, the gallery will be open only during the events on Oct. 13, 23 and 27. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you will be able to join us.
(ages 3 up)
ADDED 2:30 - 3:30PM Craft a paper puppet (victorian teddy bear & The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come from A Christmas Carol) with Roberta Rivera, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
(ages teen - adult)
3 – 3:30pm book signing with Michael Patrick Hearn loc: art gallery
UPDATED GALLERY HOURS as of 10/9: Due to circumstances beyond our control, the gallery will be open only during the events on Oct. 13, 23 and 27. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you will be able to join us.
To Get There From NYC: Metro North, Grand Central Station to Yonkers station. The library is located across the street. The gallery and Yonkers Rm 4th floor.
Associated EVENT Hudson River Museum Program at Yonkers Riverfront Library: OCTOBER 27
12pm - 2pm Family Reading and Conversation A Christmas Carol
as part of their program on civil war era children's books. loc: art gallery
Read the transcripts:
See bios of our event participants HERE check back for updates
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This exhibition programming is underwritten by the Yonkers Public Library Foundation. Additional material provided by the Morgan Library & Museum, Esther Raushenbush Library, Sarah Lawrence College and Museum Pam Horovitz, Hudson River Museum. Yonkers Riverfront Library is located at One Larkin Center in downtown Yonkers, and is handicapped accessible. Parking is available at the nearby Buena Vista Parking Garage.
Dickens, A Celebration In Pictures:
Illustrations by the Children's Book Illustrators Group
August 25, 2012 - October 31, 2012 at the Yonkers Riverfront Library
From NYC: Metro North, Grand Central Station to Yonkers station. The library is located across the street. The gallery and Yonkers Rm 4th floor.
featuring EXHIBITING CBIG MEMBERS:
Lisa Cinelli, Deborah Cuneo, Diana Ting Delosh, Peggy Dressel, Doris Ettlinger, Laura Goetz, Leeza Hernandez, Mike Herrod, Sara Kahn, H. Ruth Karpes, Lisa Lavoie, Doreen Marts, Donna Miskend, Sawaka Norii, Marilyn Papas, Clare Pernice, Roberta Rivera, Vicky Rubin, Cheryl Taborsky, T. T. Tyler, Wallace West
UPDATED GALLERY HOURS as of 10/9: Due to circumstances beyond our control, the gallery will be open only during the events on Oct. 13, 23 and 27. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you will be able to join us.
SEPTEMBER 13
(ages 3 up)
10am – 11am Dickens Story time with Kathleen Judd, children’s librarian loc: children's rooms
11am – 12pm Craft session with Doreen Mulryan Marts, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
12 – 1:30pm book signing with Doreen Mulryan Marts loc: art gallery
(ages 5 and up)
1:30 – 2:30pm Drawing Dickens’ characters: demo and instruction with Wallace West, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
(teen through adult)
2:45 – 3:45pm Dickens Discussion Panel, moderated by Donna Miskend, CBIG exhibit curator with GUESTS: Elizabeth Bird, Youth Materials Specialist NYPL and children’s book review blog creator A Fuse #8 Production, Fred Kaplan, (in absentia, Q&A selections read from interview. Full transcript posted here ) Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Queens College and the Graduate Center CUNY, biographer (Dickens, A Biography), Mike J. Quinn, founder Friends of Dickens NY chapter, actor and writer, Catherine Robson, Associate Professor of English NYU specializing in 19c British literature and culture, faculty member of the Dickens Project. loc: Yonkers room
4 – 5:00pm Art demo about his illustration process with Wallace West, CBIG artist art gallery
4 – 5:30pm Creating Dickens Comic Book Art, demo, and discussion Where To Go From There, with Carol Burrell, Editorial Director Graphic Universe/a.k.a Klio web comic artist
10am – 11am Dickens Story time with Kathleen Judd, children’s librarian loc: children's rooms
11am – 12pm Craft session with Doreen Mulryan Marts, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
12 – 1:30pm book signing with Doreen Mulryan Marts loc: art gallery
(ages 5 and up)
1:30 – 2:30pm Drawing Dickens’ characters: demo and instruction with Wallace West, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
(teen through adult)
2:45 – 3:45pm Dickens Discussion Panel, moderated by Donna Miskend, CBIG exhibit curator with GUESTS: Elizabeth Bird, Youth Materials Specialist NYPL and children’s book review blog creator A Fuse #8 Production, Fred Kaplan, (in absentia, Q&A selections read from interview. Full transcript posted here ) Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Queens College and the Graduate Center CUNY, biographer (Dickens, A Biography), Mike J. Quinn, founder Friends of Dickens NY chapter, actor and writer, Catherine Robson, Associate Professor of English NYU specializing in 19c British literature and culture, faculty member of the Dickens Project. loc: Yonkers room
4 – 5:00pm Art demo about his illustration process with Wallace West, CBIG artist art gallery
4 – 5:30pm Creating Dickens Comic Book Art, demo, and discussion Where To Go From There, with Carol Burrell, Editorial Director Graphic Universe/a.k.a Klio web comic artist
loc: Yonkers room
5:45 – 6:45pm Performance Reading by the Friends Of Dickens
5:45 – 6:45pm Performance Reading by the Friends Of Dickens
participating performers: Marilyn Baranoski, Kevin Quinn, Mike J. Quinn, Francie Scanlon,
6 – 8pm Artist Reception and book signings. loc: art gallery
Dorothy Smith
Book signing list posted at the library.
Book sale: CBIG artists and guests, available all day.
Book sale: CBIG artists and guests, available all day.
OCTOBER 13
(ages 3 up)
10am – 11am Dickens Story time with Kathleen Judd, children’s librarian CANCELLED
10am – 11am Dickens Story time with Kathleen Judd, children’s librarian CANCELLED
(ages 5 and up)
11am – 12pm Dickens Read and Craft session with T. T. Tyler, CBIG artist
(ages teen - adult)
ADDED 12:30 - 1:30PM Art demo about her illustration process with Roberta Rivera, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
1 – 2pm Performance Reading by the Friends Of Dickens loc: art gallery
2:30 – 3:30pm Dickens And His Illustrators, a talk with James Armstrong, playwright (adaptations A Christmas Carol and Dickens Condensed)
(ages teen - adult)
ADDED 12:30 - 1:30PM Art demo about her illustration process with Roberta Rivera, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
1 – 2pm Performance Reading by the Friends Of Dickens loc: art gallery
2:30 – 3:30pm Dickens And His Illustrators, a talk with James Armstrong, playwright (adaptations A Christmas Carol and Dickens Condensed)
(ages 3 up)
ADDED 2:30 - 3:30PM Craft a paper puppet (victorian teddy bear & The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come from A Christmas Carol) with Roberta Rivera, CBIG artist loc: arts & crafts room
(ages teen - adult)
3 – 3:30pm book signing with Michael Patrick Hearn loc: art gallery
3:45 – 4:45pm A Conversation with Michael Patrick Hearn, children's literary scholar, author (The Annotated
Christmas Carol) followed by book signing until closing. loc: art gallery
Book sale: CBIG artists and guests, available
all day.
EVENT ADDED: OCTOBER 23
(ages - adult)
3-4:30pm Lecture on the life and works of Charles Dickens with Ilja Wachs, Professor and Chair in Outstanding Teaching and Donning, Sarah Lawrence College, hosted by Susan Kart, Yonkers Riverfront Library Gallery Curator/Professor of African Art, Sarah Lawrence College
To Get There From NYC: Metro North, Grand Central Station to Yonkers station. The library is located across the street. The gallery and Yonkers Rm 4th floor.
Associated EVENT Hudson River Museum Program at Yonkers Riverfront Library: OCTOBER 27
12pm - 2pm Family Reading and Conversation A Christmas Carol
as part of their program on civil war era children's books. loc: art gallery
Read the transcripts:
A
Conversation with Donna Miskend (exhibit curator/CBIG artist) and the Artists of the Children’s Book Illustrators Group (CBIG) (art)
A
Conversation with Donna Miskend and Mike J. Quinn (theater)
See bios of our event participants HERE check back for updates
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This exhibition programming is underwritten by the Yonkers Public Library Foundation. Additional material provided by the Morgan Library & Museum, Esther Raushenbush Library, Sarah Lawrence College and Museum Pam Horovitz, Hudson River Museum. Yonkers Riverfront Library is located at One Larkin Center in downtown Yonkers, and is handicapped accessible. Parking is available at the nearby Buena Vista Parking Garage.
The exhibit and all events are free and open to the public. For further information check back here for the schedule or call (914) 337-1500.
Be sure to sign up for email updates or check back for the schedule of events.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
DICKENS EXHIBIT UPDATE
Here is an update on our next exhibit.
Dickens, A Celebration Of His Work In Pictures:
Illustrations by the Children's Book Illustrator Group
August 25, 2012 - October 31, 2012 at the Yonkers Riverfront Library
featuring EXHIBITING CBIG MEMBERS:
Lisa Cinelli, Deborah Cuneo, Diana Ting Delosh, Peggy Dressel, Doris Ettlinger, Laura Goetz, Leeza Hernandez, Mike Herrod, Sara Kahn, H. Ruth Karpes, Lisa Lavoie, Doreen Marts, Donna Miskend, Sawaka Norii, Marilyn Papas, Clare Pernice, Roberta Rivera, Vicky Rubin, Cheryl Taborsky, T. T. Tyler, Wallace West
Events will be held throughout the day on our Day of Dickens Thursday, September 13 and Saturday, October 13, 2012 suitable for children and adults. In addition to sessions with CBIG exhibiting members, we welcome the following participating guests:
James Armstrong, playwright, he adapted A Christmas Carol for the Epiphany Theater Company and all of Dickens' works for the play Dickens Condensed, Elizabeth Bird, youth materials specialist for New York Public Library system and creator of the blog A Fuse #8 Production a featured blog on School Library Journal, Carol Burrell, Editorial Director of Graphic Universe and creator of the web comic SPQR Blues under the name Klio, Friends of Dickens, New York a literary, cultural and educational not-for-profit organization devoted to activities that celebrate and disseminate the works of Charles Dickens. They present staged dramatic readings of Dickens' works, Michael Patrick Hearn, children's literary scholar and author of The Annotated Christmas Carol, Fred Kaplan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Queens College and CUNY Graduate Center, author of Charles Dickens, A Biography, and Dickens and Mesmerism: the Hidden Springs of Fiction, Mike J. Quinn, founder of The Friends of Dickens New York Chapter; Catherine Robson, Assoc. Professor of English at NYU specializing in British 19c literature and culture, and faculty member for the Dickens Project.
Full bios of our event participants will be posted along with the event schedule.
This exhibition programming is underwritten by the Yonkers Public Library Foundation. Yonkers Riverfront Library is located at One Larkin Center in downtown Yonkers, and is handicapped accessible. Parking is available at the nearby Buena Vista Parking Garage.
The exhibit and all events are free and open to the public. For further information check back here for the schedule or call (914) 337-1500.
Be sure to sign up for email updates or check back for the schedule of events.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
2010 marked the beginning of our exhibition program
and we kicked it off at the NYPL’s Jefferson Market branch with illustrations
based on two children’s book classics chosen by the library staff: The
Reluctant Dragon, by Kenneth Grahame and The Magic City, by E. Nesbitt. Dragons and Magic included work by 19
members of CBIG.
The Jefferson Market Library branch is housed in a historic building at
425 Avenue of the Americas at 10th Street. It was originally a courthouse,
designed by Frederick Clark Withers and Calvert Vaux in the 1800’s.
In 1961 it was saved from demolition and became a library. Today, the
clock tower is a Greenwich Village icon. It was a great venue for the theme of
our show with a spiral castle-like staircase lined with stained glass windows
that led to the second floor adult section where the original works were on
view.
A child-friendly version of the exhibit with copies was on display in the
children’s room.
The exhibiting members of CBIG for this show:
Claudia Carlson • Lisa Cinelli • Madonna Davidoff • Diana Ting Delosh • Laura Goetz • Tatyana Starikova • Sara Kahn • Maxine Lu • Doreen Mulryan Marts • Robin Meeks • Jennifer Merz • Donna Miskend • Ginger Nielson • Marilyn Papas • Clare Pernice • Vicky Rubin • Leeza Hernandez • Teresa Tyler
Thank you to Frank Collerius, Library Manager and Rebecca Schosha, Children's Librarian and the staff for choosing the books and hosting us for our inaugural exhibit!
For a look at the
work click here:
And to read an
interview with 9 of the participating artists click here:
In 2011 CBIG’s second exhibit was held on-line with
the theme of Aesop’s Fables.
Participating artists: CLAUDIA CARLSON - LISA CINELLI - MARIA MADONNA
DAVIDOFF - DIANA TING DELOSH - LAURA GOETZ - LEEZA HERNANDEZ - SARA KAHN - MAXINE
LU - DOREEN MULRYAN MARTS - ROBIN MEEKS - JENNIFER MERZ - DONNA MISKEND - GINGER
NIELSON - MARILYN PAPAS - CLARE PERNICE - VICKY RUBIN - TATYANNA STARIKOVA - TERESA
TYLER
To view the catalogue, click here:
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